Roll-paper holder



(No Model.)

J. SPILLINGER.. ROLL PAPER HOLDER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 7 OFFICE.

JOSEPH SPILLINGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 599,646, dated February 22, 1898.

Application filed August 2 7, 1 8 9 7.

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SPILLINGER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new paper as it is unreeled and which is provided with a cutting device for enabling the paper to be readily severed from the roll.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device which will prevent a too rapidunreeling of the paper and which, after a piece has been severed from the roll, will leave an end sufficiently long and in convenient position for enabling a salesman to grasp it readily.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of 1 parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paper-roll holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional 'view illustrating the construction of the cutting device and showing the manner of engaging the paper for retarding the unreeling of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view illustrating the construction of the tension device.

Like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 designates a roll of paper mounted on a horizontal shaft 2, which is removably journaled in suitable bearings of a supportingframe, and the latter comprises sides 2, a base 3, and a top 4, which is provided with suitable ways 5 for the printing device. The base 3 is composed of parallel bottom pieces connected by a cross-bar 6, which is bolted or otherwise secured to them and to the lower ends of the sides 2. The sides 2-'of the frame are provided with forwardly-extending arms 8, connected at their outer ends by a knife 9,

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I which'is provided with a lower cutting edge and under which the free end of the paper passes. The knife-blade 9 is disposed vertically at the ends of the arms 8 and is provided with a horizontal extension 10, arranged at the upper edges of the arms and forming with the blade a partial casin g or housing, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.

The free edge of the paper passes over a horizontal supporting-rod 11 and is clamped or frictionally engaged by a hinged clampingplate 12, which is mounted between the arms 8'on a shaft 13, and this clamping-plate opcrates to'retard the unreeling of the wrapping-paper and to prevent the same from loosening up on the roll and interfering with the accurate operation of the cutting mechanism. The shaft 13, which is fixed to the clamping-plate, is journaled in suitable perforations of the arms 8, and one of the journals is extended and threaded at 14 and is engaged by a nut 15, which bears against the adjacent arm 8, drawing the clamping-plate against the same and holding it at any desired adjustment. The shaft 13 is located at a point between the blade and the supporting-rod 11, and the clamping-plate has its free edge arranged above and in rear of the front face of the rod 11, and this arrangement 'operates to retard the passage of the paper. The adjusting-nut, which may be arranged at either side of the frame, is adapted to regulate the tension of the clamping-plate and to secure the same at any desired adjustment.

The horizontal supporting-rod is located a suificient distance in rear of the knife to cause an end of the paper to hang 'down within easy reach after a piece has been severed from the roll, so that the free edge of the paper is always within easy reach, and no time is lost in grasping the same or adjustingthe paper on the roll. The engaging edge of the clampingplate is located above the supporting-rod 11 and is preferably bent upon itself to stiffen it; but the clamping-plate, instead of being constructed of sheet metal, as illustrated in Fig.

2 of the accompanying drawings, may be 0011-.

structed of any other suitable material.

The top 4 of the frame is provided with a central rectangular opening to receive the printing apparatus, and it is preferably constructed as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

The printing apparatus is vertically adj ustable to accommodate itself to the varying diameter of the roll of paper, and it comprises a vertically-movable frame 16, an inking device, and a printing-roll, which may contain advertising or other matter of any desired character.

The inking device comprises an ink-roll 18, which bears upon the printing-roll 19, and a reservoir 20, located above the ink-roll and provided with a depending distributing pad or piece 21 for conducting ink to the surface of the ink-roll.

The invention has the following advantages: The cutting device is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction and is adapted to be readily applied to a paper-roll holder. The paper is retarded and is prevented from being unreeled too rapidly, and a sul'iicient portion of the free end is held in convenient position, so that it may be readily grasped without loss of time and without adjusting the roll. The adjusting device enables the friction on the paper to be readily regulated, so that it will unreel suflioiently freely without becoming loose 011 the roll.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a supporting-frame adapted to receive a roll of paper, and provided with arms, a blade mounted on the arms, a transverse support mounted on the arms and located between the blade and the roll of paper, and a clamping-plate mounted between the arms at a point intermediate of the blade and the support and extending rearward over the latter, said clamping-plate being provided with means for securing it at any desired adjustment, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a supporting-frame adapted to receive a roll of paper and provided with arms, a vertically-disposed knife-blade connecting the ends of the arms and having a substantially horizontal extension at the top thereof, a support extending across the space between the arms and adapted to receive the paper, a clamping-plate journaled between the arms, provided with an extended threaded journal and arranged to engage the paper at the said support, and a nut arranged on the threaded journal and bearing against the adj acent arm to secure the clamping-plate in its adjustment, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixerl my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH SPILLINGER.

Witnesses ARTHUR M. PLATO, W. E. BORING. 

